Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> Looking at that select your country page reminds me of how few novel >> ideas there are in flag design... Must be the european standard bearers >> tradition or something. > > IIRC all countries that were at some point in history at some side in > some war selected red/blue/white in some combination and orientation. Germany: black, red, gold? Brazil (yes, they participated, reluctantly, in WW2): green, yellow, blue? I'm sure there are many more... there have been so many wars. Also, quite often the colors were chosen (long) before the participation in a war; how did you mean this to work? Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist